Governor promises simplify power investors

BANJARMASIN, South Kalimantan: Governor of South Kalimantan Sahbirin Noor said his government will facilitate clearance for private companies who want to build a power plant in the province, AntaranewsKalsel reported.

“We will make it easy for granting permits for investors who get in South Kalimantan, including power investor,” said Sahbirin in Banjarmasin on Wednesday.

According to Sahbirin, he has asked the state-run electric company PT PLN to more attention to the condition of electricity in South Kalimantan.

He stressed, “Do not let the promise of no blackout again in 2017 turned out to be blackout again.” “Do not let such commitments to happen again,” he said.

Sahbirin said that the target of South Kalimantan free of blackout in 2019, as the target of the central government.

The governor also hopes sluggish coal market today can be made use by local entrepreneurs to meet the raw material needs of electricity in the country, mainly to South Kalimantan.

“Currently, the coal market is slow. Should the coal used for regional development,” he says.

Sahbirin said that basically relatively large national investors who want to invest in the power sector. However, it is highly dependent on the PLN as the sole regulator of national electricity sector.

According to Sahbirin, investment in the electricity sector can not be carried out independently because it must still be approved and coordinated with PLN and other related.

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